Jeffrey Barber is head of TA’s North American Consumer Group and focuses on investments in consumer products, services and related companies. He serves on the Board of Directors of Advantice Health, MAV Beauty Brands, Stonewall Kitchen, Nexus Brands Group and Petcurean. He formerly served on the Boards of Amplify Snack Brands (formerly SkinnyPop Popcorn), Cath Kidston, Dymatize, Florida Career College, Microban International, Paula’s Choice, PetPeople, Tempur-Pedic International, Thermacell and Truck Hero. Prior to joining TA in 2001, Jeff was an investor at Weiss, Peck & Greer and Vestar Capital Partners. Previously, he was a Financial Analyst in the Global Power and Utilities Group at Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Barber received a BA degree, with all University and Departmental Honors, in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA degree, with Honors, from the Columbia Business School as a Beta Gamma Sigma Scholar. Mr. Barber also is a Trustee of Johns Hopkins University, Immediate Past Chair of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Member of the Applied Physics Lab Board, Member of the Johns Hopkins University Lacrosse Advisory Board, Member of the Private Equity Advisory Board for the Columbia University Business School and a Trustee Board Member of Boston Children’s Hospital. Formerly, he was a Board Member of the US Lacrosse Foundation and a former Trustee of the Buckingham, Brown and Nichols School.